Definition:
Liver neoplasms are non-endemic, malignant cancers in the liver that spread in the other body organs such as he colon.
Diagnosis:
Liver neoplasms are easily determined when tumors are found in the liver after a CT scan of the abdomen.
Treatment:
The tumors may be treated by surgical resectioning, sealed source radiotherapy, radiotherapy ablation, and in the most severe cases, liver transplantation.
Symptoms and Signs:
Liver neoplasms are characterized by tumors either in single or multiple clusters. Other tumors of this kind are poorly define and have an abnormal growth pattern.
Causes:
Liver neoplasms are either a result of chronic infections such as Hepatitis B and/or C. Consuming large amounts of ethanol can also lead to the disease, as well as certain species of the Aspergillus fungus which contain aflatoxin.
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